Dana Milbank | GOP on Cruz control as seniority takes a hit

8:29 PM,
Mar. 14, 2013

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Dana Milbank
The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - The nation has moved on, but Ted Cruz has pulled his fellow Republicans in Washington right back into 2010.

Three years ago next week, the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - became law. Last year, the Supreme Court upheld the legislation in an opinion written by the conservative chief justice, John Roberts.

Republicans campaigned for repeal in 2012, but President Obama was re-elected, and Democrats gained seats in the Senate and the House, and won the popular vote. Since the election, Republican governors have begun to embrace the law. ...